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dispensatory

UK/dɪsˈpɛnsətəɹi/US/dɪsˈpɛnsəˌtɔɹi/

dispensatory adjective: granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations.

Adjective

dispensatory (comparative more dispensatory, superlative most dispensatory)

  1. Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations.
    • The dispenser [is] the Son of man; the author of his dispensatory power, God the Father.1635, Edward Rainbow, Labour forbidden and commanded

Noun

dispensatory (plural dispensatories)

  1. (pharmacy) A book containing a systematic description of drugs and of preparations made from them.

Forms of dispensatory

Adjective
comparativemore dispensatory
superlativemost dispensatory
Noun
pluraldispensatories

Origin of dispensatory

Borrowed from Latin dispēnsātōrius, and the noun dispēnsātōrium. Compare Latin dispēnsātor, dispēnsō and English dispense.

Words formed from dispensatory

Questions about dispensatory

What does dispensatory mean?
Dispensatory means granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations.
What part of speech is dispensatory?
Dispensatory can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce dispensatory?
Dispensatory is pronounced /dɪsˈpɛnsəˌtɔɹi/ (US).

Words near dispensatory in the dictionary

  1. dispensatively
  2. dispensator
  3. dispensatories
  4. dispensatorily
  5. dispensators
  6. dispensatory
  7. dispensatress
  8. dispensatresses
  9. dispensatrix
  10. dispense
  11. dispense with

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